1952
Eagle Gallery of Famous Sportsmen
Longacre Press / Eagle
100?
Trevor Cotterell has provided a long list of addition items from this collection - Nos. 1 to 17, 45, 50 and 51. The first two images were taken from a scrapbook and are missing the heading shown with the other two examples, three of the signed photos have been dedicated to 'Eagle Readers.'
1. Alf Ramsey (Spurs and England) - 14/09/51 - Vol.2, No.23
2. Stanley Matthews (Blackpool and England) - 21/09/51 - Vol.2, No.24
3. Tom Finney (Preston North End and England) - 28/09//51 - Vol.2, No.25
4. Jack Milburn (Newcastle United and England) - 05/10/51 - Vol.2, No.26
5. Stanley Mortensen (Blackpool and England) - 12/10/51 - Vol.2, No.27
6. Harry Johnston (Blackpool and England) - 19/10/51 - Vol.2, No.28
7. Harold Hassell (Huddersfield Town and England) - 26/10/51 - Vol.2, No.29
8. Eddie Baily (Tottenham Hotspur and England) - 02/11/51
9. Roy Bentley (Chelsea and England) - 09/11/51
10. Jimmy Taylor (Fulham and England) - 16/11/51
11. Trevor Ford (Sunderland and Wales) - 23/11/51
12. Wilf Mannion (Middlesbrough and England) - 30/11/51
13. Jack Froggatt (Portsmouth and England) - 07/12/51
14. Cliff Holton (Arsenal) - 14/12/51
15. Ted Ditchburn (Tottenham Hotspur and England) - 28/12/51
16. not issued
17. Billy Wright (Wolverhampton Wanderers and England Captain) - 04/01/52
The format and pictures changed to the type shown previously.
27. Ronnie Moore (Speedway)
28. Alec Bedser (Cricket)
29. Jack Young (Speedway)
30. D.G. Phadkar (Cricket)
32. Peter May (Cricket)
33. G.S. Ramchand (Cricket)
34. Jim Laker (Cricket)
35. Tom Graveney (Cricket)
36. Fred Trueman (Cricket)
37. Allan Watkins (Cricket)
39. Alf Sherwood (Cardiff City)
40. Derek Dooley (Sheffield Wednesday)
42. Bill Eckersley (Blackburn Rovers)
43. Nat Lofthouse (Bolton Wanderers)
44. Gilbert Merrick (Birmingham City)
45. Ronnie Allen (West Bromwich Albion and England)
50. Tom Garrett (Blackpool and England)
51. Tommy Briggs (Birmingham City F.C.)
58. Ivor Braodis (Manchester City)
61. Albert Quixall (Sheffield Wednesday)
81. Tommy Taylor (Manchester United)
84. Redfearn Froggatt (Sheffield Wednesday)
89. Jimmy Hagan (Sheffield United)
90. Wally Ardron (Nottingham Forest)
91. Tommy Lawton (Arsenal)